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Definition of teetotalism : The principle or practice of entire abstinence, esp. from intoxicating drinks.

Synonyms:

used, Drugs, teetotaling

celibacy, repentance, abstemiousness, stoicism, parsimony, austerity, asceticism, starkness, miserliness, severity

denial, restraint, abnegation, temperance, moderation, control, abstinence, sobriety, dryness, soberness

Usage examples:

• They gratefully acknowledged that publicans not only give them money but allow them to collect it in the bar- sometimes even when there is a Salvation meeting outside preaching teetotalism. - "Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara", George Bernard Shaw.
• Teetotalism will not do; industry will not do; saving will not do; increased skill will not do; keeping single will not do; reducing the population will not do. - "Britain for the British", Robert Blatchford.
• Bad habit of yours, Albert, teetotalism ... - "Greener Than You Think", Ward Moore.